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“A pair of star crossed lovers Prologue, line 6 Theme of fate, Romantic They will fall in love and
take their life” love take their lives, nothing Shakespeare presents a
can be changed, putting it gritty imperfect kind of
in the prologue highlights love,
the importance fate has “star crossed” conveys
“death marked love” Links love with death that their love is powerful
“Put up your swords. You know Act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio, Conflict Benvolio is a character
not what you do.” who is not keen on
conflict.
“Clubs, bills and partisans! Act 1 Scene 1 Citizens, conflict Everyone is involved in the
Strike! Beat them down! Down conflict
with the Capulets! Down with
the Montagues!”
“You men, you beasts” Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus, Conflict Metaphor
“Purple fountains issuing from
your veins”
“On pain of torture” “on pain
of death”
“You men, you beasts” Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus, Conflict Metaphor
“Purple fountains issuing from
your veins”
“On pain of torture” “on pain
of death”
,“O,I am Fortune’s fool!” Act 3 Scene 1 line 142 Romeo, Fortune’s fool- alliterative, Here Romeo has murdered
Fate, potentially guilt fricative alliteration shows Tybalt , Mercutio his friend
his aggression fate is is also killed, conveys fate
mocking him is cruel
“O” and exclamation mark The fates ere people who
convey his distress. Then decided who would die
again he is distancing and when
himself from his actions
because Tybalt is his
enemy
, “I would the fool be married to Act 3 Scene 5 Fate, Lady Capulet Echoes Juliet’s line in Act A be careful what you wish
her grave” 1, foreshadowing, “would” for thing, further conveys
means wish, wishes Juliet fate is cruel
to be dead
“I could not send it -here is is again- Act 5 Scene 2 Friar John to Friar Fate comes up with new
…. So fearful they were of the Lawrence ways to test people,
infection” interfering with their
lives
“Thy lips are warm!” Act 5 Scene 3 Juliet Adjective “warm”
reveals that Romeo was
only recently alive, fate
is cruel to them
“A greater power than we can Act 5 Scene 3 Friar Lawrence Adjective/ comparative Shakespeare seems to align
contradict hath thwarted our “greater”, followed by with the idea of fate,
intents” noun “power” conveys conveys that people should
that fate is more respect fate
powerful than man.
“What sadness lengthens Romeo’s Act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio, romantic love Love is not a
hours” straightforward
experience, conveys
heartbreak
“Why then, O brawling love, O Act 1 Scene 1, line 185 Romeo, romantic love Oxymorons, like “sick Petrarchan lover, poet
brawling hate O anything of health” nonsensical, he Petrarch, men who are
nothing first create!... father of is suffering from his consumed by their love for
lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick heartbreak , he is a women, drove them to
relate to context
“A pair of star crossed lovers Prologue, line 6 Theme of fate, Romantic They will fall in love and
take their life” love take their lives, nothing Shakespeare presents a
can be changed, putting it gritty imperfect kind of
in the prologue highlights love,
the importance fate has “star crossed” conveys
“death marked love” Links love with death that their love is powerful
“Put up your swords. You know Act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio, Conflict Benvolio is a character
not what you do.” who is not keen on
conflict.
“Clubs, bills and partisans! Act 1 Scene 1 Citizens, conflict Everyone is involved in the
Strike! Beat them down! Down conflict
with the Capulets! Down with
the Montagues!”
“You men, you beasts” Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus, Conflict Metaphor
“Purple fountains issuing from
your veins”
“On pain of torture” “on pain
of death”
“You men, you beasts” Act 1 Scene 1 Prince Escalus, Conflict Metaphor
“Purple fountains issuing from
your veins”
“On pain of torture” “on pain
of death”
,“O,I am Fortune’s fool!” Act 3 Scene 1 line 142 Romeo, Fortune’s fool- alliterative, Here Romeo has murdered
Fate, potentially guilt fricative alliteration shows Tybalt , Mercutio his friend
his aggression fate is is also killed, conveys fate
mocking him is cruel
“O” and exclamation mark The fates ere people who
convey his distress. Then decided who would die
again he is distancing and when
himself from his actions
because Tybalt is his
enemy
, “I would the fool be married to Act 3 Scene 5 Fate, Lady Capulet Echoes Juliet’s line in Act A be careful what you wish
her grave” 1, foreshadowing, “would” for thing, further conveys
means wish, wishes Juliet fate is cruel
to be dead
“I could not send it -here is is again- Act 5 Scene 2 Friar John to Friar Fate comes up with new
…. So fearful they were of the Lawrence ways to test people,
infection” interfering with their
lives
“Thy lips are warm!” Act 5 Scene 3 Juliet Adjective “warm”
reveals that Romeo was
only recently alive, fate
is cruel to them
“A greater power than we can Act 5 Scene 3 Friar Lawrence Adjective/ comparative Shakespeare seems to align
contradict hath thwarted our “greater”, followed by with the idea of fate,
intents” noun “power” conveys conveys that people should
that fate is more respect fate
powerful than man.
“What sadness lengthens Romeo’s Act 1 Scene 1 Benvolio, romantic love Love is not a
hours” straightforward
experience, conveys
heartbreak
“Why then, O brawling love, O Act 1 Scene 1, line 185 Romeo, romantic love Oxymorons, like “sick Petrarchan lover, poet
brawling hate O anything of health” nonsensical, he Petrarch, men who are
nothing first create!... father of is suffering from his consumed by their love for
lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick heartbreak , he is a women, drove them to
